Why the **** is Jessie Bates not signed yet?

[Stewy]

(05-19-2022, 10:27 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Not so sure on that.
He's accumulated $6.854 mill to date.
If he can't make it through a single season after having earned that much across just 4 years, that's a problem.

LeVeon Bell was able to make it through sitting out a year and he didn't have 1st round pick money either.
He signed a pretty good deal with NYJ after that, but he floundered out after a couple seasons there.

LeVeon Bell had already played through one Tag in 2017 and banked 9.7 million dollars after his rookie contract.  He sat out the second tag.  BIG DIFFERENCE.

And cherry picking one case who was never the same after holding out, doesn't help your narrative, especially since, the post holdout results are a huge NEGATIVE vs. a positive.  Bell didn't play in 2018, signed (by the Jets) as the second highest plaid RB in 2019, was released in mid 2020 in what was a disaster for the Jets, and essentially after getting paid he barely broke 1000 total yards from scrimmage for the ENITRITY of the rest of his professional career.

I'd suggest finding an example that actually supports your arguments next time vs. working against your narrative.